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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Star of Bethlehem, also called the Christmas Star, is a star in Christian tradition that revealed the birth of Jesus to the magi (or "wise men") and later led them to Bethlehem. According to the Gospel of Matthew, the magi were men "from the east" who were inspired by the appearance of the star to travel to Jerusalem. There they met King Herod of Judea, and asked where the king of the Jews had been born. Herod then asked his advisers where a messiah could be born. They replied Bethlehem, a nearby village, and quoted a prophecy by Micah. While the magi were on their way to Bethlehem, the star appeared again. As they followed the star, it stopped this time above the place where Jesus was born. The magi found Jesus with his mother, paid him homage, worshipped him and gave gifts. They then returned to their "own country". Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Many Christians see the star as a miraculous sign given by God to mark the birth of the Christ (or Messiah). Some theologians claimed that the star fulfilled a prophecy, known as the Star Prophecy. In modern times, astronomers have proposed various explanations for the star. A nova, a planet, a comet, an occultation and a conjunction [alignment of planets] have all been suggested. The star has also been interpreted as an astrological event. Many scholars question the historicity of the story and argue that the star was a fiction created by the author of the Gospel of Matthew. While its historicity is in dispute, the tradition of a star has given rise to other Christmas traditions, like topping the Christmas tree with a star. In the Philippines, the bamboo parol ("pah-role"), or star lantern, is the symbol of Christmas. Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })Interestingly, if the wise men had followed the star Sirius whenever it was visible, they would have indeed reached Bethlehem. |
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Appears in Monty Python's Life of Brian. The magi come to the stable where Brian was born, rather than the one Jesus was born in (the one next to it.) | |
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The story was adapted into an episode of The Twilight Zone (1985), but it has a happier ending. | |
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The Star of Bethlehem appears in A Certain Magical Index Volume 22 as an Ominous Floating Castle summoned by Fiamma of the Right. | |
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Parodied in the Dragon Ball Z Abridged movie "The Plan To Eradicate Christmas", where Bad Santa calls his outer space fortress the Star of Deathlehem. | |
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A proverbial Star of Bethlehem appears at William's Christ-like birth in The X-Files episode "Existence". | |
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One Marvel Comic featuring Ghost Rider seemed to have this occurring in modern times, on Christmas Eve, no less, accompanied by several familiar scenes right out of the Bible. Turns out it was just the Miracle Man messing around with his powers. | |
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The Bible, by many interpretations. | |
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In Star in the Night, a Setting Update of the Nativity story to 1945, the star is the electronic star atop the Star Auto Court. It lures three cowboys who just happen to be bearing gifts to the auto court, where a young man named Jose and his pregnant wife Maria have arrived... | |
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The VeggieTales movie The Star of Christmas had wacky hijinks revolving around an ancient artifact "The Star of Christmas" representing the Star of Bethlehem. | |
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In a pre-Crisis Superboy/Legion story, the Teen Of Steel wants to use his pals' advanced tech to finally locate the Star. Skeptical Brainiac 5 nonetheless aids the search, but all his efforts reveal is a planet full of a species of alien in desperate need of help. Though they never find the Star, Superboy decides that a planet in need of aid that they would never have found but for the search is the same thing as a star that seemingly never existed. | |
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Sci-Fi short stories sometimes like this star for a Tomato Surprise. For instance, in Arthur C. Clarke's The Star, a Jesuit astronomer is a member of the crew which finds the remains of a peaceful, near-utopian society on a planet that had a total extinction when its sun went supernova. His faith is shaken when he realizes that supernova was the Star of Bethelehem. The story was adapted into an episode of The Twilight Zone (1985), but it has a happier ending. |
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Parodied in Top Gear during their Middle East Special. Jeremy, Richard, and James take cars and try to follow the route the Wise Men took to Bethlehem. They follow a bright light to a manger... where they discover a baby Stig. | |
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Invoked as a joke in the Family Guy episode "Jesus, Mary and Joseph" where the three wise men, played by Cleveland, Quagmire and Joe, are following the star... only to discover it has air traffic lights. Eventually, they make their way to Betlehem, presumably following the actual Star, where they find Joseph and an expecting Mary. |
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3 Godfathers involves three bank robbers who wind up stuck with a newborn baby to take care of in the desert. One of the three notes that it's Christmas Eve, and compares the three of them to the Three Wise Men. Then he points out an actual star in the sky over the town they need to get to—which is called New Jerusalem. | |
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